How To Cook Pizza On The Grill

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Using fresh ingredients and homemade dough, this recipe for homemade pizza turns the back patio into a pizzeria. Who doesn’t love fresh, hot pizza? Hot melted cheese, spicy and savory toppings, tangy tomato sauce all combine to create that all-American flavor everyone crave is the best way to cook pizza on the grill.

When you try making a homemade pizza, you can just easily taste the flavor of it being made at home, however taking the pizza dough from the indoor oven to the backyard grill is a simple way to improve taste and crispness immediately. Cooking pizza on the grill adds an intense smoky flavor and a deliciously crisp crust.

This recipe is easy and delicious. A simple recipe for dough, sauce and toppings, is an easy technique to make it taste much better. Children, especially, enjoy shaping the pizza dough and personalizing the toppings. Enjoy these recipes and tips on how to cook great pizza on the grill!

Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

 

1 tablespoon dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
2 1/2 cups flour (can use white flour or wheat flour or a combination of both)
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
3/4 cup cold water

Directions:

Dissolve dry yeast in warm water and let stand for 10 minutes. Set aside.
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, olive oil, honey and cold water. Add yeast mixture and knead for five minutes, adding more flour if needed. Form into a ball and place in well-oiled bowl. Cover and let rise about an hour.
Divide dough into 4 balls. With floured rolling pin or oiled hands, shape into individual rounds, approximately 1/2 inch thick. Brush each shell lightly with olive oil and place on hot grill. Cook for five minutes.
Carefully, flip pizza shells with tongs or spatula and cook on grill for another two or three minutes. Top with favorite pizza sauce, shredded cheese and toppings. Close grill and let cook just until cheese melts. Remove and serve on wooden cutting board. Slice with pizza cutter. Serve hot off the grill.

Favorite Pizza Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

6 ounces tomato paste
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Mix all ingredients in small bowl. Cover and let stand at room temperature for an hour to allow flavors to blend.

Barbecue Chicken Pizza

To create a barbecue chicken pizza, follow above instructions. Combine one part pizza sauce with one part barbecue sauce. Top with shredded Monterey Jack cheese, diced pre-cooked chicken and sliced red onion.

Meat Lover’s Pizza

On top of sauce and cheese, add browned Italian bulk sausage, sliced pepperoni and ground beef.

 

Hawaiian Pizza

Follow grilling directions above. Add pineapple chunks, ham slices and green peppers.

Cooking pizza on a grill results in crispy crust, woodsmoked flavor and an easy backyard clean up.